OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1827 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: Spanish
RESOLUTION
OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS /
(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on
June 5, 2001;
subject to review by the Style Committee)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the
Permanent Council on the annual report of the Inter-American
Court of Human Rights (CP/doc-3464/01) and the presentation of
that report by the President of the Court, Judge Antonio A.
Cançado Trindade (CP/CAJP-1770/01); and
CONSIDERING:
That at the Third Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, in
April 2001, the Heads of State and Government decided to
continue fostering measures to strengthen and enhance the
inter-American system of human rights, in particular an adequate
increase in resources allocated to the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights;
That Article 54.f of the Charter of the Organization of
American States establishes that it is a function of the General
Assembly to consider the observations and recommendations
presented by the Permanent Council on the reports of the organs,
agencies, and entities of the Organization in accordance with
Article 91.f of the Charter;
That Article 65 of the American Convention on Human Rights
establishes that "To each regular session of the General
Assembly…the Court shall submit, for the Assembly's
consideration, a report on its work during the previous year. It
shall specify, in particular, the cases in which a state has not
complied with its judgments, making any pertinent
recommendations"; and
That the Inter-American Court of Human Rights presented its
annual report to the Permanent Council, which, following a
frank, constructive exchange, has forwarded observations and
recommendations thereon to the General Assembly,
RESOLVES:
1. To receive and transmit to the Inter-American Court of
Human Rights the observations and recommendations of the OAS
Permanent Council on the annual report.
2. To acknowledge with satisfaction that on January 31, 2001,
the Government of Peru deposited with the OAS General
Secretariat an instrument by which it reaffirmed that the
recognition of the contentious jurisdiction of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued by Peru on October
20, 1980, was fully in effect and binding in all senses on the
Peruvian state, and that the effectiveness of that declaration
of recognition should be understood to have been uninterrupted
since its deposit with the OAS General Secretariat on January
21, 1981.
3. To note with satisfaction that, during the period covered
by this report, the Government of Barbados recognized the
binding jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, under the terms set forth in Article 62.1 of the
Convention.
4. To reiterate that the judgments of the Court are final and
may not be appealed and that the States Parties to the
Convention undertake to comply with the rulings of the Court in
all cases to which they are party.
5. To urge the member states, in keeping with the Plan of
Action of the Third Summit of the Americas, to concentrate on
universalization of the inter-American human rights system by
increasing the number of accessions to its basic instruments
and, in that connection, to urge those member states that have
not yet done so to give consideration, as soon as possible and
as the case may be, to signing and ratifying, ratifying, or
acceding to the American Convention on Human Rights and the
other instruments of the system, and to accepting the binding
jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
6. To instruct the Permanent Council to promote in the coming
fiscal periods an adequate increase in the resources allocated
to the Court, given that the promotion and protection of human
rights is a fundamental priority of the Organization.
7. To thank the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for its
work during the period covered by this report and, in
particular, for amending its Rules of Procedure, in keeping with
the provisions of resolution AG/RES. 1701 (XXX-O/00).
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